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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

sej.

saithe, pollock (Pollachius virens)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/sajˀ/[ˈsɑjˀ]

  1. saithe, pollock (Pollachius virens)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Norwegian sei, from Old Norse seiðr, from Proto-Germanic *saidō, cognate with Norwegian sei; English saithe is borrowed from Old Norse.

adj/sajˀ/[ˈsɑjˀ]

  1. tough, tenacious

  2. stringy (of food)

  3. cool

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse seigr, from Proto-Germanic *saigaz, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål seig, Norwegian Nynorsk seig, Swedish seg. Related to the verb *sīganą (“to sink”).

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